CARTOON DIALOG: Setting:  Mr. BigTwig is holding a budget meeting with Maple and co-workers.  There are papers all over the conference room table. Mr. BigTwig:  Blah, blah, blah … not to mention we’re also over budget by 50%. Maple (commenting to co-worker):  How come when somebody says, “Not To Mention,” they always mention it? Caption at […]

I’ve got to say, things have just turned out swimmingly this week.  I mean, help comes from the strangest places — and when you least expect it. For example, all week I have continued to struggle with the new MilliSoft (not the real company name) operating system called Broken Windows Panes 8 on my new laptop.  And I’ve been […]

This whole NSA thing kind of puts a new spin on cloud computing… hmmm, clouded in secrecy computing that is. And wow, who’d of thunk it.  The NSA is now providing free email file backup for all Americans.  That is to say, what with them copying and saving all of our email data, who needs […]

Woody is a little on the sleazy-treezy side, if you get my driftwood. He sells used cars and used insurance for a living and some of his deals are a little questionable. But there must be some good heartwood deep in that trunk of his because Mimosa is kinda sweet on him, although that may […]

CARTOON DIALOG Setting: Mimosa, in her car, has been pulled over by DeadWood, on his Holly Davidson Unicycle.  Mimosa is trying to talk her way out of getting a speeding ticket.  Note that DeadWood is the part time law enforcement in her neck of the woods. Mimosa:  “I tried to be good, but I got bored.” DeadWood:  Too […]

Now see there.  There’s a perfectly good reason for the Justice Department tapping into all of the Press’s contacts.  The Administration, which has said repeatedly in press conferences that they are very much for Freedom of the Press, was just helping out. You really have to wonder sometimes what all the flap is about.  Here […]

CARTOON DIALOG: SETTING:  The President and an Advisor talking in the White House – at the edge of the Fiscal Cliff – sometime in the past. Advisor: Why so down Chief? Budget worries? President:  No, as a former Constitutional Law Professor I’m worried we don’t have enough freedom of the press. Advisor:  Really?  What can […]

OK, so in all fairness, there are a few good politicians out there. But they are few and far between, and the current bunch are rotten to the core. What’s a good politician?  I think one that protects property rights, and protects individual rights, and upholds the Constitution. But I repeat myself. Have a nice […]

CARTOON DIALOG: Setting: The Merry Woodster is approaching a fork in the road where there is a red  rose bush.  He leans over to pick up a rose in the path that has fallen from the bush.  And he thinks… Merry Woodster (thinking): Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns… Merry Woodster (thinking […]

Congratulations to Steve as our latest Honorary WoodChip.  Steve has been a long-time enthusiastic supporter of The WoodChips. You can see him listed along with other WoodChips Luminaries here – Honorary WoodChips. Enjoy your 15 minutes of fame! J. Daniel